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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Nikolai Kirsanov is happily married with Fenechka and Arkady is happily married with Katya. Both of these characters are kind, good-hearted men. Bazarov and Pavel Kirsanov are more complicated cases, that's why in the end they [[DidNotGetTheGirl do not get the girl]].



* RomancingTheWidow: Bazarov courts Odintsova, an independent and rich 29 year old woman who lost her husband. She takes a liking to him but cannot fully reciprocate his feelings.

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* RomancingTheWidow: Bazarov courts Odintsova, an independent and rich 29 year old 29-year-old woman who lost her husband. She takes a liking to him but cannot fully reciprocate his feelings.feelings.
* SexualKarma: Nikolai Kirsanov is HappilyMarried with Fenechka and Arkady is HappilyMarried with Katya. Both of these characters are kind, good-hearted men. Bazarov and Pavel Kirsanov are more complicated cases, that's why in the end they [[DidNotGetTheGirl do not get the girl]].
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The book did not find favour with the upcoming progressive flank. Turgenev was accused of drawing a caricature of a revolutionary in the caracter of Bazarov (to say nothing of the other nihilists). Young activists launched a backlash against the author, in the aftermath he quit Russia and settled in France.

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The book did not find favour with the upcoming progressive flank. Turgenev was accused of drawing a caricature of a revolutionary in the caracter character of Bazarov (to say nothing of the other nihilists). Young activists launched a backlash against the author, in the aftermath he quit fled Russia and settled in France.
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->''"Every single man hangs by a thread, a bottomless pit can open beneath him any minute, and yet he still goes on thinking up unpleasantness for himself and making a mess of his life."''

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This general attitude enters in contradiction with his job as a doctor and a researcher. Also while Bazarov is implied to be a revolutionary, he only denies things, rejecting any positive values. While being a revolutionary logically means condemning only the currecnt conditions (in the 1862 those set by the repressive Tsarist regime), however that same revolutionary should be very keen on the ideas of freedom and revolt and have high hopes for the society that be. Bazarov lacks it all, he always denies everything, never offering a constructive (or even destructive) program. Most probably Turgenev could not depict an overt revolutionary as the Tsarist censorship would not give his book a pass then, Therefore the author disguised him as a mere “nihilist”. Still it muddled the message of the book and its hero.

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This general attitude enters in contradiction with his job as a doctor and a researcher. Also while Bazarov is implied to be a revolutionary, he only denies things, rejecting any positive values. While being a revolutionary logically means condemning only the currecnt current conditions (in the 1862 those set by the repressive Tsarist [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Tsarist]] regime), however that same revolutionary should be very keen on the ideas of freedom and revolt and have high hopes for the society that be. Bazarov lacks it all, he always denies everything, never offering a constructive (or even destructive) program. Most probably Turgenev could not depict an overt revolutionary as the Tsarist censorship would not give his book a pass then, Therefore the author disguised him as a mere “nihilist”."nihilist". Still it muddled the message of the book and its hero.



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''Fathers and Sons'' contains examples of the following tropes:



* TheHeroDies: {[spoiler: Bazarov dies of the blood poisoning.}]

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* TheHeroDies: {[spoiler: [[spoiler: Bazarov dies of the blood poisoning.}]]]
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* TheHeroDies: [spoiler: Bazarov dies of the blood poisoning which occurs when he tries to help a poor local.]

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* TheHeroDies: [spoiler: {[spoiler: Bazarov dies of the blood poisoning which occurs when he tries to help a poor local.]poisoning.}]
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Fathers and Sons is a 1862 book by Ivan Turgenev. It is the last in the row of his several important works and is considered to be his most significant full-length novel.

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Fathers and Sons is a 1862 book by Ivan Turgenev.Creator/IvanTurgenev. It is the last in the row of his several important works and is considered to be his most significant full-length novel.
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** The scenу of the duel is treated very ironically, it is a spoof of the famous duels in the previous acclaimed literary works.

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** The scenу scene of the duel is treated very ironically, it is a spoof of the famous duels in the previous acclaimed literary works.

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* BetaCuple: Arkady and Katya. Arkady is a relatively meek (though kind-hearted) friend of the tremendous Bazarov. Katya is a much younger maiden sister of the mature and independent Odintsova. In the end they marry and live happily.

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* BetaCuple: BetaCouple: Arkady and Katya. Arkady is a relatively meek (though kind-hearted) friend of the tremendous Bazarov. Katya is a much younger maiden sister of the mature and independent Odintsova. In the end they marry and live happily.



* TheGoodDoctor: Played straight for Bazarov despite his nihilist rhetorics. He is a professional doctor and he helps ordinary, poor locals. In the end he dies of sepsis during an autopsy.
* GoodPeopleHadGoodSex: Nikolai Petrovich

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* TheGoodDoctor: Played straight for GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Nikolai Kirsanov is happily married with Fenechka and Arkady is happily married with Katya. Both of these characters are kind, good-hearted men. Bazarov despite his nihilist rhetorics. He is a professional doctor and he helps ordinary, poor locals. In Pavel Kirsanov are more complicated cases, that's why in the end he dies of sepsis during an autopsy.
* GoodPeopleHadGoodSex: Nikolai Petrovich
they [[DidNotGetTheGirl do not get the girl]].
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Fathers and Sons is a 1862 book by Ivan Turgenev. It is the last in the row of his several important works and is considered to be his most significant full-length novel.

Its main hero, Evgeny Bazarov, is a StrawNihilist and probably the first example of this trope. The main distinguishing feature of Bazarov is that he denies everything. He proclaims that no things are significant at all.

This general attitude enters in contradiction with his job as a doctor and a researcher. Also while Bazarov is implied to be a revolutionary, he only denies things, rejecting any positive values. While being a revolutionary logically means condemning only the currecnt conditions (in the 1862 those set by the repressive Tsarist regime), however that same revolutionary should be very keen on the ideas of freedom and revolt and have high hopes for the society that be. Bazarov lacks it all, he always denies everything, never offering a constructive (or even destructive) program. Most probably Turgenev could not depict an overt revolutionary as the Tsarist censorship would not give his book a pass then, Therefore the author disguised him as a mere “nihilist”. Still it muddled the message of the book and its hero.

Other characters of the novel include the members of the Kirsanov family whose estate Bazarov is visiting. Also appear several of Bazarov’s fellow nihilists who are definitely comical caricatures.

The book did not find favour with the upcoming progressive flank. Turgenev was accused of drawing a caricature of a revolutionary in the caracter of Bazarov (to say nothing of the other nihilists). Young activists launched a backlash against the author, in the aftermath he quit Russia and settled in France.

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* AloofBigBrother: Pavel Kirsanov (in his mid-forties) for Nikolai Kirsanov (in his early forties). Pavel has a strong character and is a somewhat harsh man of conservative views. Nikolai is a kind-hearted liberal.
* BetaCuple: Arkady and Katya. Arkady is a relatively meek (though kind-hearted) friend of the tremendous Bazarov. Katya is a much younger maiden sister of the mature and independent Odintsova. In the end they marry and live happily.
* BigBrotherInstinct: While Nikolai Kirsanov carries on a MayDecemberRomance with Fenechka, Pavel Kirsanov is secretly fond of the young woman as well but never makes any attempts. Once Pavel Kirsanov notices how Bazarov hits at Fenechka. He is enraged (as he had already been irritated by Bazarov's views) so he challenges the nihilist to a duel. Bazarov shots him in the leg and quits the estate.
* CarryABigStick: Performed by Pavel Kirsanov. When he finally decides to have a duel with Bazarov, he comes to him carrying a big stick. As Bazarov is a nihilist who proclaims that he does not give a damn about anything, he is expected to also reject duels as a worthless archaic aristocratic rite. Then Kirsanov would resort to this stick to insult Bazaroiv physically. However Bazarov the nihilist plainly assures Pavel Kirsanov that he is quite ready to give him full satisfaction. The stick is never used and the two simply fight in the duel. Pavel Kirsanov is slightly wounded.
* TheGoodDoctor: Played straight for Bazarov despite his nihilist rhetorics. He is a professional doctor and he helps ordinary, poor locals. In the end he dies of sepsis during an autopsy.
* GoodPeopleHadGoodSex: Nikolai Petrovich
* TheHeroDies: [spoiler: Bazarov dies of the blood poisoning which occurs when he tries to help a poor local.]
* JustAFleshWound: That's how the duel with Bazarov ends for Pavel Kirsanov. He is shot in the leg but is out of any danger.
* MayDecemberRomance: For Nikolai Kirsanov in his early forties and Fenechka who is 23. They marry and live happily.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Played for the tearjerking drama in the end as Bazarov dies and his parents now have to live without him.
* {{Parody}}:
** The scenу of the duel is treated very ironically, it is a spoof of the famous duels in the previous acclaimed literary works.
** Also Kukshina and Stnikov are the parodies of Bazarov.
* RomancingTheWidow: Bazarov courts Odintsova, an independent and rich 29 year old woman who lost her husband. She takes a liking to him but cannot fully reciprocate his feelings.
* StrawNihilist: Bazarov is actually the earliest example of this trope.
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